pas de trois
Americannoun
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pas de trois
plural
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Etymology
Origin of pas de trois
1755–65; < French: literally, step for three
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The willowy soloist Chloe Misseldine, spooky, alienlike and ever-improving as another new Myrta — her attitude position and leaps are heavenly — was also stunning in the pas de trois in “Swan Lake.”
From New York Times ● Jul. 24, 2023
The cast of three dancers — Black, queer, and trans, at center-stage, perform a male pas de deux and then a pas de trois.
From New York Times ● Nov. 16, 2022
Ashley Murphy-Wilson, Ayano Kimura and Ariel Martinez sparkled in the first-act pas de trois.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 10, 2022
In the first act’s pas de trois, Sarah Lane and Skylar Brandt, both sterling technicians, made lovely, musical use of their upper bodies, creating delighted play out of devilish steps.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 29, 2017
They danced amazingly well, yet disappointed me, so many of them were ugly; but Dr. Delawarr's two eldest daughters and the Ancaster infanta performed a pas de trois as well as Mlle.
From A Letter Book Selected with an Introduction on the History and Art of Letter-Writing by George Saintsbury
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